English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (barley), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (barley). Compare Welsh bara (bread), Latin far (spelt), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (flour), Albanian bar (grass), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, plant deity). See also: barley.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪə/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɪɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun edit

bere (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
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Translations edit

Etymology 2 edit

See bear (pillowcase)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bere (plural beres)

  1. (now dialectal) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
    • 1976, Essex Record Office, Publications:
      Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]'
    • 2014 April 1, Phil Rickman, The Heresy of Dr Dee, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
      [...] he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere.

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Afrikaans edit

Noun edit

bere

  1. plural of beer

Bambara edit

Noun edit

bere

  1. a stick

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Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /beɾe/ [be.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -eɾe
  • Hyphenation: be‧re

Etymology 1 edit

Determiner edit

bere

  1. genitive plural of bera; their
    Synonym: beren

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

bere

  1. genitive singular of bera; his, her, its

Chichewa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)

  1. breast, teat
  2. part of a bunch of bananas, about a handful in size

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bere

  1. third-person singular present indicative of brát

Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From a contraction of earlier bevere, from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.
Cognate with Albanian pi, literary Armenian ըմպել (əmpel), Hindi पीना (pīnā), and Irish ibh.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bére (first-person singular present bévo, first-person singular past historic bévvi or bevétti or (traditional) bevètti, past participle bevùto, first-person singular imperfect bevévo, first-person singular future berrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to drink [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation edit

Including lesser-used forms:

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • bere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Adjective edit

bēre

  1. vocative masculine singular of bērus

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Noun edit

bēre m

  1. bear
Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit
  • Dutch: beer
    • Afrikaans: beer
    • Papiamentu: ber, beer
  • Limburgish: baer
  • West Flemish: beir
  • Zealandic: beêr

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Dutch *beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Noun edit

bēre f

  1. berry
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bere (plural beres)

  1. bear (mammal)
Descendants edit
  • English: bear (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: beir

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Etymology 2 edit

Compare Old Norse berja (to strike).

Verb edit

bere

  1. (transitive) To pierce.
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2255-2256:
      [...] Than preye I thee, to-morwe with a spere
      That Arcita me thurgh the herte bere.
      [...] Then I pray thee, tomorrow with a spear
      That Arcite stab me through the heart.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse bera.

Noun edit

bere f (definite singular bera, indefinite plural berer, definite plural berene)

  1. a female bear, she-bear
    Synonyms: binne, hobjørn
    Inne mellom trea kunne dei skimta ei bere.
    Between the trees, they could discern a she-bear.
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

bere (present tense ber, past tense bar, past participle bore, passive infinitive berast, present participle berande, imperative ber)

  1. e-infinitive form of bera

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Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr.

Noun edit

bere m

  1. barley
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

bere

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beran

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from German Bier. Influenced by the word below, meaning "action of drinking".

Noun edit

bere f (plural beri)

  1. beer
    Vrem trei beri, te rog.
    We want three beers, please.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From bea (to drink) +‎ -re.

Noun edit

bere f (uncountable)

  1. (rare) (the act of) drinking
Declension edit

Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian bera, from Proto-West Germanic *beran. Cognates include West Frisian barre and English bear.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bere

  1. (transitive) to bear; to give birth to
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:
      Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.
      Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “bere”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Scots edit

Etymology edit

From Old English bere.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bere (uncountable)

  1. barley, especially six-rowed barley

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

From English belly.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bere

  1. belly, stomach
  2. womb

Derived terms edit

Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French béret.

Noun edit

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

  1. beret

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Turkic bertmek (to wound, to injure)

Noun edit

bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)

  1. wound, injury
    Synonym: bertik
Declension edit
Inflection
Nominative bere
Definite accusative bereyi
Singular Plural
Nominative bere bereler
Definite accusative bereyi bereleri
Dative bereye berelere
Locative berede berelerde
Ablative bereden berelerden
Genitive berenin berelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular berem berelerim
2nd singular beren berelerin
3rd singular beresi bereleri
1st plural beremiz berelerimiz
2nd plural bereniz bereleriniz
3rd plural bereleri bereleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular beremi berelerimi
2nd singular bereni berelerini
3rd singular beresini berelerini
1st plural beremizi berelerimizi
2nd plural berenizi berelerinizi
3rd plural berelerini berelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular bereme berelerime
2nd singular berene berelerine
3rd singular beresine berelerine
1st plural beremize berelerimize
2nd plural berenize berelerinize
3rd plural berelerine berelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular beremde berelerimde
2nd singular berende berelerinde
3rd singular beresinde berelerinde
1st plural beremizde berelerimizde
2nd plural berenizde berelerinizde
3rd plural berelerinde berelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular beremden berelerimden
2nd singular berenden berelerinden
3rd singular beresinden berelerinden
1st plural beremizden berelerimizden
2nd plural berenizden berelerinizden
3rd plural berelerinden berelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular beremin berelerimin
2nd singular berenin berelerinin
3rd singular beresinin berelerinin
1st plural beremizin berelerimizin
2nd plural berenizin berelerinizin
3rd plural berelerinin berelerinin

Further reading edit

Venda edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Afrikaans perd.

Noun edit

bere (plural dzibere)

  1. horse